Photos: Views of South Africa

Dan Kitwood, Getty Images07.21.2010

Table Mountain is shrouded in mist from Camps Bay in Cape Town, South Africa.

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A general view of the Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town is seen from Blouberg beach on the outskirt of Cape Town. Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa, and is featured in the flag of Cape Town and other local government insignia. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the cableway or hiking to the top. The mountain forms part of the Table Mountain National Park.Gianluigi Guercia
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Elephants cross the road at Kruger National Park, some 70 kms outside the city of Nelspruit, as tourists wait on the other side.Paballo Thekiso
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Children try to keep up with elders as members of the Church of Nazareth take part in a service at Rockville School, in Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Baptist church, is a mixture of Zulu tradition and Christianity.Dan Kitwood
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Women arrive at Ebaneza Methodist Church to pray in the New Brighton Township in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The New Brighton Township was established in 1903, making it one of the Eastern Cape's, and South Africa's oldest townships. The Xhosa make up the majority of the people who live in New Brighton and surrounding townships which was originally used to accommodate British soldiers during the Anglo-Boer War.Dan Kitwood
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Children from a school close to former South African President Nelson Mandela's house sing and dance to traditional drum beat as they celebrate his birth day in Qunu, South Africa.Schalk van Zuydam
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Members of the Church of Nazareth take part in a service at Rockville School, in Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Baptist church, is a mixture of Zulu tradition and Christianity.Dan Kitwood
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A woman carries her child as the sun sets in the shanty town of Nkaneng in Marikana, South Africa.Odd Anderson
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Brian Siqangwe, 20 poses for a portrait while having his hair hair cut by the side of the road in Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa.Dan Kitwood
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Children walk back home from school in Qunu, South Africa.Schalk van Zuydam
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Broken bottles are cemented on a wall for security to prevent intruders in Johannesburg, South Africa.Christopher Furlong
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Woman walk through a rural area near in Qunu, South Africa.Schalk van Zuydam
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South African children play in a public park in Soweto township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa.Muhammed Muheisen
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A group of joggers make their way through a tree-lined suburban street in thick early morning mist after heavy overnight rains, in Johannesburg, South Africa.Denis Farrell
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A Zimbabwean man is baptised during a service in the Yeoville neighborhood in Johannesburg, South Africa. The worn, arid space on top of the Yeoville hill offers worshipers of various Christian denominations from South African, Botswana, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African nations an open-air space where they can publicly practice their faith with a scenic view of downtown Johannesburg.Dan Kitwood
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Tourists Alexandre Casias, center back, and Emilie Vachon, not in photo, from Montreal, have their car raided by Baboons, at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa.Schalk van Zuydam
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Phaphama Nxumalo (L), 12, and Natasha Mbatha, 9, members of the Alexandra Trampoline Club, practices in an alleyway between apartment blocks in Johannesburg, South Africa. A township with a wide spectrum of housing types, including shacks and contemporary homes, Alexandra is situated next to the wealthy suburb of Sandton, laying bare post-apartheid South Africa's vast gulf between wealth and poverty.Chip Somodevilla
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Phaphama Nxumalo, 12, a member of the Alexandra Trampoline Club, practices in an alleyway between apartment blocks in Johannesburg, South Africa. A township with a wide spectrum of housing types, including shacks and contemporary homes, Alexandra is situated next to the wealthy suburb of Sandton, laying bare post-apartheid South Africa's vast gulf between wealth and poverty.Chip Somodevilla
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Tourists visit a temporary exhibit on Nelson Mandela at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg.Jerome Delay
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Youths play football in Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa.Christopher Furlong
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A kiteboarder's make use of the strong winds in Scarborough, South Africa. Thousands of people have taken up the extreme sport of kiteboarding, a surface water sport combining aspects of wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing and paragliding.Schalk van Zuydam
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A lion cub sleeps at a nature reserve near Johannesburg, South Africa.Jon Gambrell
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A sign near to a junction of traffic lights warns motorists that the area they are entering is a hi-jacking hotspot in, Johannesburg, South Africa. Carjacking remains a significant problem on the roads of the country.Christopher Furlong
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Children cool off in a splash pool in a play park in Soweto, South Africa.Denis Farrell
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Tourists on safari follow a Giraffe walking down the road in Krueger National park in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Krueger National park is one of the most popular destinations for tourists visiting South Africa.Norbert Millauer
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With Capetown's Table mountain as a backdrop, statue of Nelson Mandela looms over waterfront, where cranes signal dawn of a post-apartheid construction boom. With its pristine beaches, lush vineyards and stunning scenery, South Africa's Western Cape is rapidly gaining popularity with European tourists.Archive photo
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The landscape of Umtata in South Africa's Eastern Cape is pictured.Alexander Joe
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A South African tribesman walks in the rain in Umtata, in South Africa's Eastern Cape.Alexander Joe
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Tourists flock to the popularVictoria and Albert Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa for the food, music and the guarantee of soaking up a stunning view.Handout photo
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